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ID number: BIRBI-R1449 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Elagabalus; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 218-222 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.78 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 56. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Elagbalus, wearing laurel wreath and horned, draped, facing r. Reverse: Elagabalus, in Syrian priestly robes, standing facing l., sacrificing out of patera in r. over tripod, holding branch downwards in l.; in field, star.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMD ANTONINVS PIVS AVG (Imperator Antoninus Pius Augustus). Reverse: SVMMVS SA-CL'RDOS AVG (High Priest Emperor).
Bibliography: RIC IV 146
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